South Pole: Nature and Culture

by Elizabeth Leane

As one of two points where the Earth's axis meets its surface, the South Pole should be a precisely defined place. But as Elizabeth Leane shows in this book, conceptually it is a place of paradoxes. An invisible spot on a high, featureless ice plateau, the Pole has no obvious material value, yet it is a highly sought-after location, and reaching it on foot is one of the most extreme adventures an explorer can undertake. The Pole is, as Leane shows,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1780235968
• ISBN13: 9781780235967
• Release Date: May 2016
• Publisher: Reaktion Books
• Length: 224 Pages
• Weight: 1.00 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.8" x 8.2"